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Assembly panel advances ban on non‑therapeutic cat declawing in California
Summary
AB 867 would prohibit elective declawing of cats except when medically necessary; veterinarians’ groups raised concerns about legislative regulation of medical procedures and public disclosure of veterinarians’ names, while animal‑welfare groups urged passage.
Assemblymember Laura Friedman Lee presented AB 867 to ban non‑therapeutic declawing (onychectomy) of cats in California, allowing the surgery only when performed by a veterinarian for the animal’s medical benefit.
Lee described declawing as a disfiguring surgery that removes a cat’s final toe joint and urged that it not be performed for human convenience. "This is a common sense bill that says that a permanent disfiguring surgery cannot be performed on cats for any other reason other than the health of the actual patient," Lee said.
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